The Private Equity Program at Columbia Business School will hold its next Alumni Networking Event and Panel on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. The panel discussion will focus on Global Markets and Private Equity. Speakers will include  Donna M. Hitscherich '90, Director, Private Equity Program, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School; Christian Kallen `07, Principal, Hamilton Lane; Dr. Daniel Kukla, Vice President,The Carlyle Group; James H. Sullivan, Jr., Partner, Alston & Bird LLP, Corporate Transactions and Securities Group; Jaime Villa `13, Principal - Global Macro and Asset Allocation, KKR. Columbia Business School Private Equity Program’s Alumni Discussion Series is hosted 2-3 times a year at Alston & Bird LLP's offices. The firm has been a sponsor of the Columbia Business School Private Equity Program’s Alumni Discussion Series since 2010. Topics have covered the full range of the private equity deal cycle from capital raising, portfolio investing and exit. The panels are frequently led by James Sullivan and Matthew Mamak and feature prominent Columbia graduates that continue to play leading roles in the shaping of the private equity and venture capital industries globally. Held at Alston & Bird LLP's Offices on 90 Park Avenue.